The 2021 Melon Music Awards, organized by Kakao M and Melon, took place on December 4, 2021. This was the thirteenth ceremony in the show's history, and the second to be held without an audience in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by comedian Lee Yong-jin and radio announcer Park Seon-young, the ceremony was broadcast online through KakaoTV, Melon, and 1theK's official YouTube channel. Artists who released music between November 11, 2020, and November 7, 2021, were eligible for and honored at the awards.
IU, BTS, and Aespa won the Daesangs for Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year respectively.
Judging criteria Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge ScoreTop 10 Artists20%80%—Main awards*20%60%20%Genre Awards**—70% 30%Popularity Awards***60%40%—Special Awards****——100%
Voting Voting for Melon's Top 10 Artists category opened on the Melon Music website on November 8 and continued until November 22, 2021. Only artists who released music between November 11, 2020, and November 7, 2021, are eligible. The longlist of nominees was selected based on a chart performance score (60% downloads and 40% streams) for each artist combined with weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved during the eligibility period. Voting by Category awards, including nine categories: Top 10 Artists, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Male Solo, Best Female Solo, Best Male Group, Best Female Group, and Netizen Popularity Award.
Performances +List of musical performances Artist Song(s) Segment STAYC "Stereotype""ASAP" Beyond This Step Enhypen "Drunk-Dazed""Tamed-Dashed" Welcome To The EN-WORLD Brave Girls "Rollin'"Chi Mat Ba Ram" The Queen's Theater Lee Mu-jin "The Assignment Song""Traffic Light" The Colour is Blooming MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) "Foolish Love" Back To The Millenium Heize "Happen" Contes Des Quatre Saisons Tomorrow X Together "0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)""Loser=Lover" Shall We? The Boyz "Maverick" — Lim Young-woong "Love Always Run Away""My Starry Love" By Your Side IU "Strawberry Moon""Celebrity""Lilac" tracklist 20. OUTRO
Presenters + Name(s) Notes Lee Yeon-hee Top 10 Artists (IU & Lim Young-woong) Jung Hyuk Hot Trend Award + Best New Artist (Male) Lee Chung-ah Top 10 Artists (Heize & IllboI) Lee Tae-hwan Best Solo (Male) & (Female) Park Se-ri Best Music Style & Music Video of The Year Kim Eana Best OST + Best Songwriter Jung Hye-sung Top 10 Artists (Lee Mu-jin & Ash Island) Kim Je-deok & Choi Ye-bin Global Rising Artist + 1thek Original Contents Yoon Sang Album Of The Year + Artist Of The Year
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) Song of the Year (Daesang) Aespa AKMU Ash Island BTS Heize IU Lee Mu-jin Lil Boi Lim Young-woong NCT Dream BTS – "Butter" Aespa – "Next Level" Heize – "Happen" IU – "Celebrity" KyoungSeo – "Shiny Star (2020)" Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light" Miranni, Munchman, Kundi Panda,Mushvenom – "VVS" Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" Rosé – "On The Ground" Song I-han – "I Will Be Your Shining Star" Artist of the Year (Daesang) Album of the Year (Daesang) IU Aespa BTS Lim Young-Woong NCT Dream IU – Lilac AKMU – Next Episode Baek Ye-rin – Tellusboutyourself Brave Girls – Summer Queen BTS – BE Heize – Happen Joy – Hello NCT Dream – Hot Sauce Oh My Girl – Dear OhMyGirl Shinee – Don't Call Me Record of the Year (Daesang) Hot Trend Award Aespa Brave Girls Best New Artist Netizen Popularity Award Lee Mu-jin Aespa Enhypen Jeon Gunho KyoungSeo STAYC BTS Aespa Brave Girls (G)I-dle IU Oh My Girl Red Velvet Rosé Taeyeon Yang Yo-seob, Jung Eun-ji Best Male Group Best Female Group BTS Homies NCT Dream Seventeen Shinee Aespa Brave Girls Oh My Girl STAYC Twice Best Male Solo Best Female Solo Lim Young-woong 10cm Ash Island Lee Mu-jin Lil Boi IU Heize KyoungSeo Rosé Taeyeon Best Collaboration Best OST Coldplay and BTS – "My Universe" Lee Mu-jin – "Rain and You"
Other + Award Winner(s) Best Songwriter IU Best Music Style Homies Music Video of the Year Tomorrow X TogetherBest Project Music MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) Best Performance The Boyz Global Rising Artist Enhypen 1theK Original Contents STAYC Best Performance Director Son Sung-deuk Best Session Instrumental Guitar – Kim Dong-minBass – Go Tae-yeongKeyboard – Gureum
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 5 IU BTS 4 Aespa 3 Lee Mu-jin
Notes
References
External links (Melon)